In 2022, 76,100 tons of mushrooms were harvested in Germany. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was 6% less than in the year before. Nevertheless, after 2021 and 2020, this was the third largest harvest volume since the mushroom harvest was recorded in 2012. Compared to the ten-year average from 2012 to 2021, the mushroom harvest in 2022 was up 13%.
The total harvest volume of edible mushrooms in farms with at least 0.1 hectares of production area in Germany amounted to 78,200 tons. With a share of 97%, mushrooms accounted for the vast majority of edible mushroom production. The remaining harvest volume was made up of oyster mushrooms, shiitake and other specialty mushroom crops.
12% of mushrooms (9,600 tons) were produced on farms with fully organic production.
Acreage down slightly for the first time since 2014
The harvested area for mushroom production in 2022 decreased for the first time since 2014, down 1% from the previous year to 361 hectares. Because the harvested area increased steadily by a total of 47% from 2014 to 2021, this area in 2022 was still 21% greater than the 2012 to 2021 average. The total harvested area for edible mushrooms was 371 hectares (-2%), of which 14% was fully organic.
Regionally, most important mushroom production in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia
As in previous years, the two most important German states for mushroom cultivation were Lower Saxony with a harvested area of 197 hectares and North Rhine-Westphalia with a harvested area of 75 hectares.
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